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Planning a session in Higher Metcombe, Devon? Start with Jacobs Ladder Beach, Chit Rocks and Sidmouth Beach. Switch between lures for summer shoals and ledger rigs over rough ground; the nearby marks below include distances, access notes and species tips.
6.4 miles from Higher Metcombe
Otter Head is a red-sandstone headland just east of the River Otter mouth at Budleigh Salterton. It’s a classic rough-ground rock mark with kelp-filled gullies, broken reef and occasional sand patches. It fishes best on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer brings wrasse and pollack close to...
6.4 miles from Higher Metcombe
A remote shingle/pebble beach beneath high cliffs on the Jurassic Coast between Sidmouth and Branscombe. The central stretch offers cleaner shingle with sand patches, while both ends run into rougher, snaggy ground and boulders. Best results typically come on a flooding tide into dusk and after dark. Summer sees mackerel,...
6.5 miles from Higher Metcombe
A long, steep shingle beach at the mouth of the River Otter with deep water close in. Clean-to-mixed ground along the central/western stretches and rougher, rocky patches toward Otter Head to the east. Productive on a flooding tide into dusk/dawn: summer brings mackerel, bass and garfish/scad; winter sees whiting and...
7.8 miles from Higher Metcombe
A prominent red-sandstone headland between Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton with kelp-covered rock ledges and fast tide runs. Deep water is close in, offering productive summer lure and float fishing for wrasse, pollack, mackerel and garfish, with conger, pouting and huss after dark. Access is limited and potentially hazardous: it lies...
8.1 miles from Higher Metcombe
Sheltered sandy cove east of Exmouth between Orcombe Point and Straight Point, with clean sand in the bay and rocky fringes at either end. Suits surf fishing for bass and summer shoals, with wrasse and pollack from the rockier ends. Best on a flooding tide, especially dawn/dusk or after a...
8.5 miles from Higher Metcombe
Rocky headland at the eastern end of Exmouth beach (by the Geoneedle). Mixed rough ground with kelp gullies and sand patches gives varied fishing, especially through late spring to autumn. Productive for lure and float fishing on flooding and high tides, with night sessions picking out scavengers. Access via the...
